Southeast Asia Vocab by GRIFFIN HART

Proverb

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Definition: A brief, memorable saying that expresses a truth or belief

Sentence: SouthEast Asians follow many ancient proverbs.

Stereotype

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Definition: A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image

Sentence: Southeast Asians are stereotyped as hard workers.

Social Organizations

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Definition: A group of social positions connected by social relations performing social roles

Sentence: Southeast Asia has many social organizations.

Social Roles

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Definition: Expected behavior in a given society

Sentence: Women play an important social role in Southeast Asia.

Social Positions

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Definition: Position of an individual in a given society (i.e. rank)

Sentence: Social position in Southeast Asia is many times based on career choice.

Traditionalism

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Definition: Of, relating to, or in accord with behaviors practiced in the past

Sentence: Many Southeast Asian religions set the standard of traditionalism.

Hinduism

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Definition: A diverse body of religion, philosophy, and cultural practice native to and predominant in India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils.

Sentence: Hinduism is one of the largest religions practiced in Southeast Asia

Buddhism

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Definition: A religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that life is full of suffering caused by desire and that the way to end this suffering is through enlightenment that enables one to halt the endless sequence of births and deaths to which one is otherwise subject.

Sentence: Buddhism is known to many by the monks found in Southeast Asia.

Shinto

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Definition: The native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship

Sentence: Shinto is the predominate religion in Japan

Overpopulation

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Definition: To fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities

Sentence: Southeast Asia suffers greatly due to overpopulation.

Polytheism

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Definition: The belief in more than one god

Sentence: Polytheism is practiced throughout Southeast Asia

Arable

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Definition: Land that can be or is cultivated.

Sentence: Southeast Asia's lands are made arable by the great amounts of anual rainfall

Mao Zedong

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Definition: Chinese Communist leader and theorist; founder of the Chinese Communist Party, led the Long March, and proclaimed the People's Republic of China in 1949, initiated the Great Leap Forward and the founding of communes, leading figure in the Cultural Revolution, consolidated his political power and established ties with the West.

Sentence: Mao Zedong served many years as the chairman of the Communist Party of China

Caste System

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Definition: A social structure in which classes are determined by heredity

Sentence: Many of Asia's residents are held down by Asia's caste systems.

Urbanization

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Definition: The social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban

Sentence: The urbanization of Southeast Asia has caused pollution

Outsourcing

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Definition: The procuring of services or products from an outside supplier or manufacturer in order to cut costs

Sentence: Asia's economy has been boosted outsourcing

Sikhism

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Definition: A monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by the guru Nanak. Sikhism rejects caste distinctions, idolatry, and asceticism and is characterized by belief in a cycle of reincarnation

Sentence: Men to practice Sikhism are known for their turbans.

Subsistence Farming

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Definition: Farming that provides enough food for the farmer and his family but not enough for sale.

Sentence: Many Asian's survive through subsistence farming.

Patrilineal

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Definition: Descent of individual is established by tracing descent exclusively through males from a founding male

Sentence: Asian men's patrilineal lines date back centuries.